I saw this green-cologed Dodge Challenger parked here. Note that the parking lot lines are also in green color. Is this parking place for an electric car or green-colored car? Reference from Torque News.
My first impression is that this parking space is for electric cars. They are also known as "green cars" because some of them have zero emissions. If you would like to know more about it, please check out this story, written by a former Torque News reporter David Herron, titled "Are electric or hybrid cars a green marketing myth, or a real solution?"
Some people who saw this picture say, the people who own or are responsible for the parking lot, need to be more specific. Others say this green Dodge Challenger gets a pass. Yet others say the driver well played and and no one can argue with him.
Also, note that there is no charging provided.
If there is no charging provided in one of these spaces, I see no real point to designating it for "Green" or hybrid or electric vehicles anyway. I mean, I get that it's somebody's attempt to show they support electric cars like Nissan Leaf, Chevy Bolt or Tesla Model S. But all in all, I would rather just make parking spots available as first come first served for maximum efficiency of use of them. Handicapped folks already get claim to the most "prime" spots near entrances.
I saw this topic also discussed in a Tesla Model S owners group on Facebook and Tesla owners say they love it. "I needed a laugh this morning. Thank you," wrote one Model S owner.
We have spots for electric cars And spots for LEVs/Hybrids. I park my scat pack in the LEV spot if there are ever any openings. My Scat is a low emission vehicle, entirely relative term.
Well, the establishment has zero enforcement ability with these signs, so you might as well park a purple car there. However, if that Challenger was mine - I wouldn't park there. Photo-op, yes, but I wouldn't stay there.
You can pretty much guarantee that tree-hugger would key your car if you stayed in that spot.
Well, the establishment has zero enforcement ability with these signs, so you might as well park a purple car there. However, if that Challenger was mine - I wouldn't park there. Photo-op, yes, but I wouldn't stay there.
You can pretty much guarantee that tree-hugger would key your car if you stayed in that spot.
The other side might say "will be towed at owners expense" at which case they absolutely could enforce it. The LEV/Hybrid spots at my work are ambiguous but the electric only spots are not. Company sent a memo saying they would be towing non-electric cars that park there. I have yet to see them do it but it's private property and they are able to enforce it as they wish. In this case however, there isn't only one definition of green so I think there is nothing legally they could do to kick out the green car since that car is indeed green, lol.
I understand making spots with electric ports exclusive (since they serve a purpose for the econuts) but these "reserved for eco-bitches" spots really piss me off. Why the hell do they deserve preferential treatment, it's discrimination.
I owned a Dodge diesel powered 3/4 ton truck and parked it in the "Fuel Efficient Vehicle Only" parking space at work once. A couple of "better dressed" folks walked by as I was getting out of the truck and commented, "Hey, that isn't fuel efficient!" To which I looked back at my Dodge and replied, "Well, blame the Cummins engineers for that."
:mrgreen:
To comedy in that you ask?
I work for Cummins and am not in engineering, but at work, those that dress better than me, are usually engineering..! The SAME ones that SHOULD have engineered Fuel Efficiency into said diesel.
I owned a Dodge diesel powered 3/4 ton truck and parked it in the "Fuel Efficient Vehicle Only" parking space at work once. A couple of "better dressed" folks walked by as I was getting out of the truck and commented, "Hey, that isn't fuel efficient!" To which I looked back at my Dodge and replied, "Well, blame the Cummins engineers for that."
:mrgreen:
To comedy in that you ask?
I work for Cummins and am not in engineering, but at work, those that dress better than me, are usually engineering..! The SAME ones that SHOULD have engineered Fuel Efficiency into said diesel.
Is Cummins less fuel efficient than other brands? Or are modern Cummins more fuel efficient than older generations? If so, it would be considered fuel efficient. It's a relative term, lol.
Obviously a Prius will get better gas mileage but as long as the cummins gets better gas mileage than something else performing a comparable task, it's efficiently using fuel.
It was just a designated spot to cater to one FEV owner. Never enforced. Just pointing out how comical it can be to flip the proverbial bird at those that want these spaces.
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